The Resolution that Forced Out Shelby Williams

 Most people do not remember that Shelby Williams, now running for County Commissioner, Precinct 4, was forced out  of his position as Collin County GOP Chair by a dissatisfied Executive Committee.  This happened at the April 7, 2025 Executive Committee meeting.  This was quite a mess.  There were actually three emailed "Call for Meeting" messages sent.

In the first Call for Meeting email, Shelby Williams included this statement:  "... due to the instance of Brian Long that a resolution be put forth calling for my immediate resignation, we’re in this predicament."  Notice that Mr. Williams called a member out by name.  This is considered a breach of decorum, something Mr. Williams did frequently  This Call for Meeting email was dated March 28, 2025.  Then Mr. Williams sent a 2nd Call for Meeting email on April 1, 2025.  Finally, there was a 3rd Call for Meeting email sent out by RPT Chair Abraham George on April 2, 2025 (to be precise, it was sent by the RPT Executive Director Jennifer Hall for Abraham George).

On April 7, 2025 there was a vote taken by the Executive Committee and Byron Henry was voted in as the new party chair.  The background story that most people do not know is that a resolution asking for Mr. Williams immediate resignation had been passed without opposition by the Rules Committee.  The intention was to put the resolution up for a vote by the Executive Committee asking for Mr. Williams's immediate resignation.  Mr. Williams chose to resign immediately rather than have that vote taken by the Executive Committee.

Below is the text of the resolution asking Mr. Williams to resign.  You can see the reasons why Mr. Williams was asked to resign.

Thank you for your patience in this matter.

Robert

Resolution Calling for the Resignation of Chair Shelby Williams

WHEREAS, the role of the GOP Collin County Chair is to lead the party in a fair, effective, and impartial manner, ensuring that the interests of all Republican candidates and party members are served; and

WHEREAS, the County Chair’s responsibilities include overseeing the party’s operations, fundraising, candidate support, and election integrity efforts, all of which demand full attention and impartiality, particularly during Republican primaries; and

WHEREAS, the Collin County GOP is entitled to a County Chair who can devote sufficient time, energy, and motivation to the office, free from the distractions of pursuing personal political ambitions; and

WHEREAS, Chair Shelby Williams resigned from his position on the Plano City Council to announce his candidacy for Collin County Commissioner, Place 4, is now actively campaigning and fundraising for this new office, and plans to participate in the upcoming Republican primary; and

WHEREAS, on March 15, 2025, Chair Shelby Williams stated on his personal blog that he “didn’t want to be GOP Chair in the first place,” has not been consistently available during his scheduled office hours, and will likely have even less time to devote to County Chair responsibilities while campaigning; and

WHEREAS, Chair Shelby Williams has announced plans to remain County Chair until October, just before the filing deadline for the Republican primary (including his own race), thereby scheduling the election for an interim Chair during the already busy primary season; and

WHEREAS, retaining the County Chair position until October means Chair Shelby Williams will continue to serve for less than a year more, and a newly elected interim Chair would also serve for less than a year, limiting both effectiveness and stability in party leadership; and

WHEREAS, continuing to serve as County Chair while running for a new office creates a clear conflict of interest and may undermine confidence in the County party’s neutrality and effectiveness, including causing uncertainty among donors about whether to support the party or the Chair’s campaign; and

WHEREAS, stepping down now would mitigate these concerns, avert any actual or perceived conflict of interest, and ensure all Republican candidates and party activities receive fair and unbiased leadership free from any appearance of favoritism or undue influence;

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Collin County GOP County Executive Committee formally requests that Chair Shelby Williams resign his position as Chair of the Collin County Republican Party effective immediately; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Collin County GOP County Executive Committee urges the prompt election of a new Chair to ensure continuity of leadership and preserve the integrity of the party’s operations in accordance with all applicable laws and rules; and

BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that this resolution be communicated to the members of the Collin County Republican Party and made available to the public, reaffirming our commitment to ethical leadership and the fair administration of party affairs.

 

Was Shelby Williams the Worst Party Chair?

 We have had good and bad CC GOP County Chairs in the past.  I think that many inside the Collin County Republican Party agree that Shelby Williams was the worst chair in the history of the party.  He made such a mess of our party that it is hard to know where to start to explain what a disaster he was.

Something very pertinent is the poor financial shape in which he left the party after mismanaging our yearly fundraiser, the Lincoln Day Dinner.  If you vote on Election Day at an "Election Day Only" polling place, look at the staffing for our party.  I have heard from multiple people that only one election clerk will be permitted at Election Day Only polling places.  That should give you a long line at the Republican setup.  Fortunately the Democrats will be there and I hear that they will be better staffed.  It's the lack of money that is the problem.  Traditionally the Democrats have processed ballots for Republicans, so you are in luck.

Another example of how bad Shelby Williams was as County Party Chairman, when i went to the kickoff for the Woody Huffines campaign for County Commissioner, Pct 4, versus Shelby Williams, I can tell you that his kickoff party was packed wall-to-wall with both factions of the party:  the Grassroots and the Establishment.  There are a handful of precinct chairs still loyal to Shelby Williams, but the party as a whole turned against him and forced him out.  Most people do not know it, but there was a resolution prepared to demand his immediate resignation.  Shelby Williams resigned abruptly because he heard we were going to vote to ask him to leave.  That would have been a public record.  What we have as hard evidence of this is a cryptic comment in a call-for-meeting about a letter from a precinct chair.  That was the letter demanding his resignation.

Shelby Williams was there less than a year and he made a big mess of our party.  He was horrible right from the very beginning.  At the organizational meeting where he was sworn in he set the tone for his entire reign.  This meeting was marred by lying, cheating, chaos, and bullying.

First, he wanted to change our party rules without telling us what the changes were. As we struggled to postpone a vote on the rules until we could see the changes, Williams' hatchet-man, Stephen Kallas, made so many interrupting motions that we could not tell what we were voting on.  Stephen Kallas plunged the meeting into chaos.

As it became clear that we did not want to be rushed into signing a contract without reading it, i.e., passing rules changes without knowing what the changes were, Mr. Williams resorted to a bluff.  He told us that if we did not pass his rules, then we would have no rules and he would adjourn the meeting without us accomplishing anything.  That bluff was a lie.  The old rules would have governed our meeting, but enough precinct chairs were scared so as to vote for unknown rules.  Other precinct chairs were so confused by Mr. Kallas's interrupting motions that they voted for the rules change when they thought that they were voting against the rules change.  It was a chaotic mess and a harbinger of the year to come.  Lying, bullying and chaos were the hallmarks of the Shelby Williams reign.

Then there was the cheating.  The Shelby Williams camp knew that I was going to be re-elected as  the HD66 chair, so they implemented a clever cheat.  In the vote for HD66 chair, a little old lady from HD67 insisted on voting in my election.  I had votes to spare and I did not have the heart to call the Sergeant at Arms to have the little old lady ejected.  Because I was declared the winner, I did not call a Point of Order and insist on a re-vote.  That was the trap that they set for me, and I fell into it.  In the many hundreds of pages of Roberts Rules of Order there is only one event that permits an untimely point of order:  when jurisdictional lines are crossed. That clever cheat allowed Shelby Williams to create new precinct chairs to vote against me, and to have vote after vote, after vote until my supporters were worn out by the persistent and intense bullying.

We learned a lot about cheating under the Shelby Williams reign.  And the tradition of cheating continues.  Mr. Williams made Stephen Kallas his First Vice Chair, and now Mr. Kallas is running for JP4 Justice of the Peace while living in the JP1 precinct.  Shelby Williams is gone, but his bad influence continues.

Republican voters have a right to know what has happened inside our party.  I have postponed telling you because it is unpleasant and I don't like shedding light on our failings.  We have to do better.  We still have problems with bullying, not in our Executive Committee meetings,but out in the polling places.

I knew Shelby Williams would be a bad party chair and I warned people, but there were too many uninformed voters and he took power and damaged our party.  Heaven only knows what kind of damage he might do as a County Commissioner.

Thank you for your patience on a complicated topic.

Robert Canright

Collin County Chair Byron Henry Asked to Resign

 

 Jim Herblin

To all CCGOP Precinct Chairs:

CCGOP Top Brass - Unethical Acts

Acts by Stephen Kallas, CCGOP leadership (including our Chairman) and likely elected officials are threatening the election integrity of our CCGOP.  Many of you may or may not be aware of what has been going on, but I feel obligated to give my thoughts.  Please hear me out as this is a serious matter.

Kallas states that he has changed his residency to his brother-in-law’s house in JP 4 (changes address on drivers license and voter ID data) although he does not reside there as he continues to reside in JP 1 where his wife and children reside.  Legally this may work, but it goes against moral and ethical standards.  Such tricksters have done this before (we all remember the Brent Hogenbuch, former Denton County GOP Chairman, who ran and successfully won the Texas SD 30 race – article link below).  Hogenbuch basically did the same thing as Kallas and got away with it.  And the Denton County GOP was not pleased – they are still not happy with it – but at least they stood up.  Of course, top brass (Abbott, Patrick, Springer) all endorsed Hogenbuch – comparable situation here.  Anything to get “their man” into office.

The problem is intentional dishonesty always leaves a bad taste.  It is even worse when one does this to his own folks (fellow Republicans).  This goes directly against the principles which Republicans stand.  It is often called betrayal.  And yes, our CCGOP Chairman, Byron Henry, sees nothing wrong with this and he (Henry) has known about Kallas’ mischief since December 8 when he (Henry) was presented with the evidentiary documents many of you received via a February 2 e-mail from Vincent Venegoni (attached above).  I met with Byron on January 29 for 3.5 hours urging him to encourage Kallas to step away from the JP 4 race and that he (Henry) should resign his CCGOP Chair due to his evasiveness and “going along” with Kallas’ unconscionable acts.  He said he would take my comments under consideration.  Based upon our February EC meeting and no response to date that I am aware of, I would bet my January 29 meeting concerns will prove non-persuasive.

CCGOP Chairs, we cannot stand idle when our leadership (or any PC for that matter) commits intentional unethical acts.  One is not prosecuted for cheating on a company’s expense reimbursement form, but it normally costs one their job - as it should.  However, cheat on your expense reimbursement form because others do it and you see nothing wrong with it - that is a big deal.  Based upon my business experiences one would be relieved from their duties immediately.

Such above actions are not merely mistakes but intentional mistakes.  We either stand for principle wanting truth, or we honor crookedness.  I choose truth.  Everybody makes honest and ignorant mistakes and grace abounds; learn from it and move on – even though it has consequences!  Intentional mistakes – need I say more?

Kallas needs to officially and publicly pull away from the JP 4 race and both he and Henry need to resign immediately.

Evil rules when good people do nothing.

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https://dentonrc.com/news/denton_county/senate-district-30-candidate-hagenbuch-can-stay-on-ballot-but-denied-lawsuit-dismissal-challenging-his/article_f185f6af-3052-5316-8922-b139735915a6.html

Jim Herblin, Precinct 240 Chair, Rules Committee member

Evidence

 

 

 

Americanism for our 250th Birthday

 Friends, 

I have written a series of exercises that can help strengthen our patriotism.  We have a wonderful country and a wonderful culture.  Try these exercises and see if they don't enrich your love of country.

The Countdown Series

Week 1 - A New Birth of Freedom 
https://texasascendant.blogspot.com/2025/09/week-1-new-birth-of-freedom.html

Week 2 and 3 countdown - the Pilgrims- A New Birth of Freedom 
https://texasascendant.blogspot.com/2025/09/week-2-countdown-new-birth-of-freedom.html

Week 4 countdown - Charlie Kirk and 911 - A New Birth of Freedom 
https://texasascendant.blogspot.com/2025/09/week-3-countdown-new-birth-of-freedom.html

Week 5 countdown - Our Preamble - A New Birth of Freedom 
https://texasascendant.blogspot.com/2025/09/week-4-countdown-new-birth-of-freedom.html

Week 6 countdown - American Miracle Movie - A New Birth of Freedom 
https://texasascendant.blogspot.com/2025/10/week-5-countdown-new-birth-of-freedom.html

Week 7 countdown - George Washington's Farewell Address 
https://texasascendant.blogspot.com/2025/10/week-7-countdown-george-washingtons.html

Week 8 countdown - the Gettysburg Address
https://texasascendant.blogspot.com/2025/11/week-8-countdown-gettysburg-address.html

Week 9 Countdown - Lincoln - Our Country - Our Party - Our Doom 
https://texasascendant.blogspot.com/2026/01/week-9-countdown-lincoln-our-country.html

Week 9 Countdown - Lincoln - an assignment
https://texasascendant.blogspot.com/2026/01/week-9-countdown-lincoln-assignment.html

Week 10 Countdown - How much more than 250 years? 
https://texasascendant.blogspot.com/2026/02/week-10-countdown-how-much-more-than.html

The Primary Election

Dear Friends,

On Tuesday February 17 we start with early voting for our Primary election. I am only going to address the Republican ballot.  I'll offer some suggestions for voting and then some info on the elections data.

If you are in Frisco, their city election is in May.  More info here:  https://www.friscotexas.gov/672/Elections

To be quick, here's how I am going to vote.  I live in HD66 (House District) in Plano.  My HD66 state representative is unopposed so I do not have to vote for him.  There are many people who are either unopposed or have no serious opposition so I skip those races

Here's my voting list

Senator:  Ken Paxton                      
Congress, CD4:  Pat Fallon                
Governor: Pete “Doc” Chambers      
Lt. Governor: Dan Patrick      
Attorney General:  Mays Middleton            
Comptroller:  Don Huffines
Commissioner of Agriculture: Sid Miller
Railroad Commissioner:  Bo French
Court of Criminal Appeals Place 3:  Brent Coffee
Court of Criminal Appeals Place 9:  John Messinger
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 4:  Judge Vincent Venegoni (this race is important)    
Vote yes on all the propositions

The propositions are from the Republican Party of Texas.  They want to know what you think on these matters.  The propositions are like an opinion poll.

Ken Paxton is a deeply flawed person, but I think he was a good Attorney General and can be a good U.S. Senator.

For U.S. Congress

If you are in CD3:  vote for Keith Self

Like me, you might have been re-districted away from CD3 to CD4.

CD32:  JACE YARBROUGH

Depending on where you live:

Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1:  C.D. Mayfield

Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3: DANIELLE SPOSITO

In South Plano, 

COUNTY COMMISSIONER PRECINCT 4:  WOODY HUFFINES

STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 70:  MICHAEL HEWITT 

In McKinney

STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 61:  KERESA RICHARDSON 

STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 67:  MATT THORSEN

In Allen

STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 89:  JEFF FORRESTER 

South and East of us:  

STATE SENATOR, DISTRICT 2:  BOB HALL 

In Denton County, HD106:  Lt. Col. Larry Brock

https://www.larrybrockfortexas.com/

There are a number of Republican Precinct Chair (PC) positions up for a contested vote.

Look at your ballot.  If you have a PC choice, reach out to me and I can provide some guidance to you.

Elections Office Info

To get your sample ballot, to this webpage 

https://www.collincountytx.gov/Elections/sample-ballots?electionID=69

Use the search tool to find your ballot

This page gives you early voting locations:

https://www.collincountytx.gov/Elections/polling-locations?electionId=70&scheduleType=ev&electionDesc=March%203,%202026%20Primary%20Election

They open extra polling places on Election Day, March 3

https://www.collincountytx.gov/Elections/polling-locations?electionId=70&scheduleType=ed&electionDesc=March%203,%202026%20Primary%20Election

Early Voting times are here:  https://www.collincountytx.gov/Elections/election-information